Ukraine: The New Cuban Missile Crisis? | 02/23/15
Rajan Menon,
Devin T. Stewart
"There can be no military solution to the war in Ukraine, only a political one," says Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow Rajan Menon, co-author of "Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order." "And sending arms to Ukraine to gain political leverage against Russia will set back prospects for a solution."
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Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe | 02/05/15
George Friedman
"Europe has always been a place of conflict and malice and anger and hatred, between classes and between nations. The question now is, can it be contained? I doubt it very much. The period from 1992 to 2008 was an interregnum, and an unnatural one. Europe is returning to itself, and when Europe gets sick, the world gets sick with it."
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Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2015 | 01/15/15
Ian Bremmer
"The world in 2015 looks a lot more dangerous, a lot more vulnerable," says global political risk specialist Ian Bremmer in his annual forecast. He notes that while the United States and China, the world's largest and second-largest economies, are doing better economically, the global environment is geopolitically much worse.
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Jingo Unchained: What World War I Wrought | 04/17/14
Zach Dorfman
When we think about the centenary of World War I in 2014, we should consider first and foremost what it has meant for the life of our republic, and how the corrosive actions of a few can have enormously outsized consequences for the rest of us. One hundred years later, we are still fighting for or against Woodrow Wilson's war.
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The Future of Transatlantic Security Cooperation after 2014 | 01/07/14
Brian Hensarling,
Marco Overhaus,
Adam Jarosz,
Matthew Kroenig,
Zornitsa Stoyanova-Yerburgh,
Thomas A. Walsh
2014 may be a turning point for transatlantic security cooperation. This paper identifies the three most relevant "drivers" in this regard: financial and resource constraints, a turn towards a more inward-looking perspective in EU and NATO capitals, and shifting power relations in the international system. The paper concludes with policy recommendations.
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Global Rules, Local Rulers | 06/26/12
Albert Tucker,
Melanie Leech,
Martyn Evans
Carnegie UK Trust staff open up a fascinating discussion with the Carnegie Council audience on their research into the relationship between advocacy groups, citizens, and international organizations that regulate trade, markets, and consumer policy.
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George F. Kennan: An American Life | 12/02/11
John Lewis Gaddis,
Joanne J. Myers
George Kennan was one of the great men of the 20th century, says John Lewis Gaddis. And he was great in multiple dimensions: as the grand strategist of the Cold War; as a historian; and as author of one of the greatest of American diaries.
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George F. Kennan: An American Life | 11/29/11
John Lewis Gaddis,
Joanne J. Myers
George Kennan was one of the great men of the 20th century, says John Lewis Gaddis. And he was great in multiple dimensions: as the grand strategist of the Cold War; as a historian; and as author of one of the greatest of American diaries.
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George F. Kennan: An American Life | 11/22/11
John Lewis Gaddis,
Joanne J. Myers
George Kennan was one of the great men of the 20th century, says John Lewis Gaddis. And he was great in multiple dimensions: as the grand strategist of the Cold War; as a historian; and as author of one of the greatest of American diaries.
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